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Strategies based on sustainable development sector for strengthening the value chain in the dairy sector in Choncontá, Cundinamarca
The objective of the study was to investigate the previous knowledge that rural entrepreneurs had in the dairy sector of Chocontá, Cundinamarca, to define through alternative sustainability strategies that strengthen the value chain of the dairy sector. For this, the Delphi descriptive methodology was used using two rounds of interviews with 18 experts, which belong to the associations and include public policies that orient people towards the dairy sector as an ideal means to identify in their knowledge best practices BPA and BPM in the context of sustainable development and adoption of environmental programs to mitigate negative impacts. Then, the results found, identified that the community recognizes the parameters of sustainable development from the environmental, economic and social point of view, which, favor the competitiveness in the enterprises. Afterward, interviewees do not know the sustainable development methodologies, the 17 sustainable development goals and how to implement the goals in order to adapt the production system. However, the experts develop activities from their scope such as recycling, the care of water sources, the conservation of forests and the work of associations to improve the conditions in their ventures. Finally, the governmental bodies have proposed a municipal development plan under the objectives of sustainable development, but the articulation with the associations is not evident, in order to generate the organizational structure that allows the implementation of a model that is adapted to the needs of the communities.